FKIE_CVE-2006-6171

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-30 15:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:32
Severity
Summary
ProFTPD 1.3.0a and earlier does not properly set the buffer size limit when CommandBufferSize is specified in the configuration file, which leads to an off-by-two buffer underflow. NOTE: in November 2006, the role of CommandBufferSize was originally associated with CVE-2006-5815, but this was an error stemming from a vague initial disclosure. NOTE: ProFTPD developers dispute this issue, saying that the relevant memory location is overwritten by assignment before further use within the affected function, so this is not a vulnerability
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/proftp/proftpd/src/main.c?r1=1.292&r2=1.293&sortby=dateVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23174
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23179
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23184
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23207
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23329
cve@mitre.orghttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1218
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://proftp.cvs.sourceforge.net/proftp/proftpd/src/main.c?r1=1.292&r2=1.293&sortby=dateVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23174
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23179
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23207
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23329
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.502491
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1218
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1222
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-26.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:217-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.035.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0070
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214820Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
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